William Macdonald Sinclair

William Macdonald Sinclair (1850–1917) was an eminent Anglican priest and author in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Birth and education He was born into an ecclesiastical family on 3 June 1850, his father was the Rev. William Sinclair, Prebendary of Chichester, 5th son of Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet. and educated at Repton School and Balliol College, Oxford. Career Sinclair was ordained in 1876. His first post was as assistant minister at the Quebec Chapel, Marylebone after which he was resident chaplain to the Bishop of London. He was appointed vicar of St Stephen's, Westminster in 1880 and Archdeacon of London in 1889. In 1892 he succeeded Walter Purton as editor of the Churchman, filling the post until 1901, when he was succeeded by Augustus Robert Buckland.